7.1: Display "Filtering by" for tags, author name, etc.?

In 7.1, if you click on a tag or author name, you basically see the exact same page as the parent collection page but with the filtered results. Unlike 7.0, there is no visual indicator (i.e. text) to tell you what exactly changed and how your results were filtered.

Am I missing something or is there a way to display how exactly you filtered, such as with a "Filtered by tag XXX" in 7.1?

I have the same question! Following.

This is a maddening issue with 7.1. Not only is there a limitation which only allows for categories to be shown in a blog section and NOT tags, but whenever something is filtered there's no way to show a user where they are, like in 7.0.

Even using the fantastic Universal Filter: https://www.squarewebsites.org/products/universal-filter

This seemingly arbitrary limitation feels impossible to solve.

Why Squarespace? Why?!

If anyone has a solution for this I'd like to know.

Thanks!

On 12/30/2020 at 11:54 AM, mferrini said:

This is a maddening issue with 7.1. Not only is there a limitation which only allows for categories to be shown in a blog section and NOT tags, but whenever something is filtered there's no way to show a user where they are, like in 7.0.

Even using the fantastic Universal Filter: https://www.squarewebsites.org/products/universal-filter

This seemingly arbitrary limitation feels impossible to solve.

Why Squarespace? Why?!

If anyone has a solution for this I'd like to know.

Thanks!

I should clarify, that this situation is solvable, to a point using the Universal Filter plugin by exposing the .filter-value with CSS, like:

/* -- Expose .filter-value -- */  
.custom-filter-container .filterDropdown:not(.outside-values-visible) .outsideFilterValues {display: block;}

This will show the name of the tag or category a user has filtered underneath the filter name.

And this works wherever the filter is applied, but it really should be built in AND developers/clients should have the ability to name the value title, which using Universal Filter can be done within the config script for tags and/or categories, here:

name: 'Filter By Topic',
multiple: true,
capitalcase: true,
getAttr: 'tags'

Also, it's unfathomable to me why Squarespace would make the arbitrary decision to limit how tags and categories can be displayed AND to set character limits to categories.

Perhaps they'll add this back to 7.1 and have some internal reason for not doing so already, but a little more transparency from them would be greatly appreciated, especially with features that have been removed in the transition from 7.0 to 7.1.

Unfortunately I'm not sure this works for doing it by Author.

I'm trying to get this to work on my site but none of it seems to be impacting it, I tried both versions above but the filter results pages are still blank at the top. Any idea on what I'm missing? 

I would like the tag displayed on the filter-by-tag pages and the category displayed on the filter-by-category pages.

23 hours ago, sasyrae said:

I'm trying to get this to work on my site but none of it seems to be impacting it, I tried both versions above but the filter results pages are still blank at the top. Any idea on what I'm missing? 

 

I would like the tag displayed on the filter-by-tag pages and the category displayed on the filter-by-category pages.

What is your site url?

On 1/10/2024 at 10:24 PM, tuanphan said:

What is your site url?

The tags to filter Events by tag is not working for me. The tags are essential for other areas of the website, so I can't reallocate them into Categories. Not to mention the amount of content I'd need to go through.

If  @tuanphan or anyone can help in at least the slightest I will be so appreciative, and will try to contribute across the forum as I am able!

url:  https://www.fplegal.com/events/detail

On 1/18/2024 at 4:53 AM, thedowntowncreative said:

The tags to filter Events by tag is not working for me. The tags are essential for other areas of the website, so I can't reallocate them into Categories. Not to mention the amount of content I'd need to go through.

If  @tuanphan or anyone can help in at least the slightest I will be so appreciative, and will try to contribute across the forum as I am able!

url:  https://www.fplegal.com/events/detail

Not sure why, but I can't access your site

On 1/20/2024 at 1:53 AM, tuanphan said:

Not sure why, but I can't access your site

Hi @tuanphan there was a block that was removed. Could you please try checking again? https://www.fplegal.com/events/detail

On 1/29/2024 at 4:56 AM, thedowntowncreative said:

Hi @tuanphan there was a block that was removed. Could you please try checking again? https://www.fplegal.com/events/detail

Tag show fine to me, for example this

https://www.fplegal.com/events/detail?tag=shirkey

12 hours ago, tuanphan said:

Tag show fine to me, for example this

https://www.fplegal.com/events/detail?tag=shirkey

Oh! It works only for upcoming events, NOT past events, right?

Is there any way to get it to also filter for past events? Thank you kindly @tuanphan 🙂 

On 2/1/2024 at 10:51 PM, thedowntowncreative said:

Oh! It works only for upcoming events, NOT past events, right?

Is there any way to get it to also filter for past events? Thank you kindly @tuanphan 🙂 

I see it still shows Past Events, for example

On 2/4/2024 at 4:59 AM, tuanphan said:

I see it still shows Past Events, for example

Yes, it does show Past Events still, but it is not filtering Past Events by the specified tag. It only shows the full list of Past Events. Is there a way to get the Past Events to also be filtered by tag as well?

Try adding this code to Last Line in Code Injection > Footer

<script>
 $(function() {
  var loc = window.location.href; // returns the full URL
  if(/tag=shirkey/.test(loc)) {
    $('body').addClass('t-tag');
  }
});
</script>
<style>
  .t-tag .eventlist.eventlist--past {
    display: block !important;
}

.t-tag [data-section-id="659c3ad1a3d72319c0f88977"] {
    display: none;
}
</style>

On 2/7/2024 at 5:21 AM, tuanphan said:

Try adding this code to Last Line in Code Injection > Footer

<script>
 $(function() {
  var loc = window.location.href; // returns the full URL
  if(/tag=shirkey/.test(loc)) {
    $('body').addClass('t-tag');
  }
});
</script>
<style>
  .t-tag .eventlist.eventlist--past {
    display: block !important;
}

.t-tag [data-section-id="659c3ad1a3d72319c0f88977"] {
    display: none;
}
</style>

 

Hi @tuanphan ! This is awesome! It looks like it works for that one particular tag. Will I need to set per each tag? Such as:
 

<script>
 $(function() {
  var loc = window.location.href; // returns the full URL
  if(/tag=tag-name-here/.test(loc)) {
    $('body').addClass('t-tag');
  }
 $(function() {
  var loc = window.location.href; // returns the full URL
  if(/tag=other-unique-tag-name-here/.test(loc)) {
    $('body').addClass('t-tag');
  }
 $(function() {
  var loc = window.location.href; // returns the full URL
  if(/tag=and-another-unique-tag-name-here/.test(loc)) {
    $('body').addClass('t-tag');
  }
});
</script>

?

Yes, but you can combine to this to make it shorter

<script>
 $(function() {
  var loc = window.location.href; // returns the full URL
  if(/tag=tag-name-here/.test(loc)) {
    $('body').addClass('t-tag');
  }
    if(/tag=other-unique-tag-name-here/.test(loc)) {
    $('body').addClass('t-tag');
  }
    if(/tag=and-another-unique-tag-name-here/.test(loc)) {
    $('body').addClass('t-tag');
  }
 
});
</script>

On 2/17/2024 at 9:49 PM, tuanphan said:

Yes, but you can combine to this to make it shorter

<script>
 $(function() {
  var loc = window.location.href; // returns the full URL
  if(/tag=tag-name-here/.test(loc)) {
    $('body').addClass('t-tag');
  }
    if(/tag=other-unique-tag-name-here/.test(loc)) {
    $('body').addClass('t-tag');
  }
    if(/tag=and-another-unique-tag-name-here/.test(loc)) {
    $('body').addClass('t-tag');
  }
 
});
</script>

 

This is awesome. Thank you @tuanphan Excellent being able to now filter events by tag. Weird how Squarespace didn't already have this capability. 

On 2/1/2024 at 3:41 AM, tuanphan said:

Tag show fine to me, for example this

https://www.fplegal.com/events/detail?tag=shirkey

Hi Tuanphan, 

I have a third dropdown filtering by 'Author' Names (archive which I've renamed to Boroughs in this site).

When filtering by categories the text 'filtering by category: xxxxx' appears - I was hoping to get the same text for my author (borough) doprdown to appear 'filtering by Borough: xxxxx'

hope that made sense. Here's the link to the active site.

https://www.laf-uk.com/

Would greatly appreciate any help!
Thanks!

On 5/29/2024 at 6:39 AM, Naoms said:

Hi Tuanphan, 

I have a third dropdown filtering by 'Author' Names (archive which I've renamed to Boroughs in this site).

When filtering by categories the text 'filtering by category: xxxxx' appears - I was hoping to get the same text for my author (borough) doprdown to appear 'filtering by Borough: xxxxx'

hope that made sense. Here's the link to the active site.

https://www.laf-uk.com/

Would greatly appreciate any help!
Thanks!

Which exact page are you referring to?